IEEE News
Congratulations to ACT Children’s Week committee member Thien Truong from IEEE who has been awarded a Region 10 EA Project Development Grant for Promoting solar
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News
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ABC Article
An interesting ABC interview article which focuses on the EQUITY ISSUES AROUND PLAY: Why are children missing out on the simple joys of play?
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/kimberley-breakfast/poverty-and-play/102996368
Podcasts
To celebrate Children’s Week, the Children’s Week Council of Australia proudly presents a national free podcast to raise the profile of Children’s Rights in Australia.
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Change the World: a powerful message from young people calling us to listen to their voices
Released by NAPCAN during Children’s Week 2022, this inspiring video is the result of a truly collaborative and youth-led process to elevate the voices of
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Children’s Week Awards 2023
Children’s Week Awards 2023 During Children’s Week, a group of amazing people (young and not so young) are recognised for their contributions to the wellbeing
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Previous Awardees – A Small Sample
Significant Support Award
Exceptional Young Person Award
Simone Xirakis
Significant Support Award To continue celebrating the amazing recipients of 2022 Children’s Week Awards, we bring you Simone Xirakis, a classroom teacher at Macgregor Primary
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Logan Firth
To begin, we introduce you to Logan Firth, a 16 year-old author with Asperger’s. Logan was nominated for an Exceptional Young Person Award for the
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Business Contribution Award
Exceptional Senior Award
Luke Ferguson and Daydream Machine
Business Contribution Award Daydream Machine received a 2022 ACT Children’s Week Business Contribution award for outstanding contributions to neurodivergent youth. Daydream is a Canberra based
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Bruce Beaumont and Peter Wake
Exceptional Senior Award Bruce Beaumont, a semi-retired teacher, and Peter Wake, a retired dental technician, are joint recipients of the Exceptional Seniors Award 2022 for
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Youth Commitment Award
Exceptional STEM Volunteer Award
Living Streets Association Watson
Youth Commitment Award Watson has had growing residential development that has not properly accommodated residents’ needs in the past few years. Living Streets Association’s youth
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Lauren Moloney
Exceptional STEM Volunteer Lauren, an advanced honours chemistry student at ANU has been voluntarily running STEM workshops for a group of young neurodiverse girls (aged
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Community Contribution Award
Intergenerational Award
Julie Ogden
Community Contribution Award During her 20 years of service to the community and, particularly, to St Thomas More’s Primary School, Julie worked as a classroom
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Julie Long
Intergenerational Award Julie Long has had a long career as a teacher in ACT government and non-government primary schools. She has also been actively involved
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